Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Pink, sentence 54
On this the huntsman asked the king if he would like to see the dog in his true shape, and wished him back into the form of the cook, in which he stood immediately, with his white apron, and his knife by his side.
Who acts: huntsman · What happens: ask, like, see, wish back, stand, form · To what, where: knife, king, dog, true shape, huntsman, form
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Pink. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (huntsman), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 huntsman | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 huntsman | det |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 huntsman | det |
| 4 | huntsman | huntsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | obj |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 like | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 like | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 like | aux |
| 11 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 asked | ccomp |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 see | mark |
| 13 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 like | xcomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dog | det |
| 15 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 see | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 shape | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 shape | nmod:poss |
| 18 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 shape | amod |
| 19 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 see | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 wished | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 wished | cc |
| 22 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 asked | parataxis |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 wished | obj |
| 24 | back | back | ADV | _ | 22 wished | advmod |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 27 form | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 form | det |
| 27 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 wished | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 cook | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 cook | det |
| 30 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 form | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 stood | punct |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 which | case |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 stood | obl |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 stood | nsubj |
| 35 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 wished | conj |
| 36 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 35 stood | advmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 apron | punct |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 apron | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 apron | nmod:poss |
| 40 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 apron | amod |
| 41 | apron | apron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 stood | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 knife | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 knife | cc |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 knife | nmod:poss |
| 45 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | obl |
| 46 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 side | case |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 side | nmod:poss |
| 48 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 knife | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | this huntsman | huntsman's knife by huntsman's side | the king | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | like a condition, not said to happen | would | huntsman | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | huntsman not said here | the dog | huntsman's true shape | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | wish back | past | huntsman | the form of the cook | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | stand | past | huntsman | with huntsman's white apron; immediately property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in which=Location | ||||
| 6 | form | the cook | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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